White Plains station

White Plains
White Plains
	View of White Plains station from platform
General information
Location	16 Ferris Avenue, White Plains, New York
Coordinates	41°02′02″N73°46′29″W / 41.0338°N 73.7747°W
Platforms	1 island platform ; 1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	White Plains TransCenter
Construction
Parking	1,226 spaces
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	December 1, 1844
Rebuilt	1914 (NYC), 1987 (MNRR)
Electrified	700V (DC) third rail
Passengers
2018	11,550(Metro-North)
Rank	2 of 109
Services
Harlem–125th Street toward Grand Central	North White Plains toward Southeast
Former services
Location
Location

Last updated May 28, 2024

White Plains station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line, located in White Plains, New York. With 9,166 daily commuters as of 2006,^[5] White Plains is the busiest Metro-North station in Westchester County, the busiest non-terminal or transfer station on the Metro-North system, and the first/last stop outside New York City on most upper Harlem Line express trains.

Though it is not a terminal station, White Plains is one of the key stations on the Harlem Line. Its downtown White Plains location is not far from many businesses and office buildings making it very convenient to commuters and making it a stop for all off-peak trains and most peak trains regardless of terminal location. A short walk from the station is the White Plains TransCenter, a terminal/transfer point for many Bee-Line buses as well as intercity buses (Greyhound Lines, Leprechaun Lines, Short Line Bus, and Trailways of New York) and Connecticut Transit's I-Bus to Stamford, Connecticut.

Pace University's Graduate Center is located across the street from the White Plains station, while Pace Law School's 12-acre (49,000 m²) campus lies several blocks away on North Broadway. Mercy College, Berkeley College, as well as The College of Westchester are also located within walking distance of the station. The Westchester campus of Fordham University, approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) away, is served by the station.

History

Rail service in White Plains can be traced as far back as December 1, 1844^[6] with the establishment of the New York and Harlem Railroad, which became part of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1864 and was eventually taken over by the New York Central Railroad. As an NYC station, it originally served both commuter trains in the New York Tri-State Area and long distance trains toward Albany, New York and Boston, Massachusetts, via Chatham, New York. As with most of the Harlem Line, the merger of New York Central with Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968 transformed the station into a Penn Central Railroad station. Penn Central's continuous financial despair throughout the 1970s forced them to turn over their commuter service to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority which made it part of Metro-North in 1983.

The current station house was built in 1987^[7] as a replacement for the previous Warren & Wetmore-built depot originally built in 1914 for the NYC, razed in September 1983.^[3] The former was similar to that of the current Poughkeepsie station on the Hudson Line, and continued to operate through the reconstruction.

Under the 2015–2019 Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Plan, the station, along with four other Metro-North Railroad stations, would receive a complete overhaul as part of the Enhanced Station Initiative. Updates would include cellular service, Wi-Fi, USB charging stations, interactive service advisories, and maps.^[8] The renovations at White Plains station will cost $91.3 million and will be completed by the end of March 2021.^[9]^[10]^: 62 The three-phase renovation will improve the exterior, interior, platforms, restrooms, and bridges,^[11]^[12] and thus, costs much more than the renovations at the four other Metro-North stations.^[10]^: 62

Station layout

The station has two high-level platforms each 10 cars long,^[13]^: 11. The eastern platform is a side platform used only to discharge passengers.

Bibliography

Dunbar, Seymour (1915). A History of Travel in America: Being an Outline of the Development in Modes of Travel from Archaic Vehicles of Colonial Times to the Completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad: the Influence of the Indians on the Free Movement and Territorial Unity of the White Race: the Part Played by Travel Methods in the Economic Conquest of the Continent: and Those Related Human Experiences, Changing Social Conditions and Governmental Attitudes which Accompanied the Growth of a National Travel System · Volume 3. Indianapolis, Indiana: Bobbs-Merrill Company. Retrieved May 24, 2020.

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References

↑ Dunbar 1915, p. 984.
↑ Carman, W.S. (December 13, 1844). "New York and Harlem Railroad Company Winter Arrangements". The New York Daily Herald. p. 3. Retrieved May 26, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
1 2 "White Plains Train Station Slated for Wrecking Ball". The Yonkers Herald Statesmen. September 11, 1983. p. 5. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
1 2 METRO-NORTH 2018 WEEKDAY STATION BOARDINGS. Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group:OPERATIONS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS DEPARTMENT:Metro-North Railroad. April 2019. p. 6.
↑ New York Times 2006 Metro-North commuter rail info
↑ Grogan, Louis V. (1989). The Coming of the New York and Harlem Railroad. Self-Published. p. 14. ISBN 0-962120-65-0.
↑ Feron, James (January 25, 1987). "White Plains Opens New Train Station Tomorrow". The New York Times.
↑ "Metro-North Railroad to Make Design Improvements to Five Stations Under Enhanced Stations Initiative Program". MTA. December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
↑ "MTA Metro-North Railroad". web.mta.info. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
1 2 "Capital Program Oversight Committee Meeting" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. May 20, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
↑ Aiello, Tony (April 3, 2018). "'A Lot Of TLC': White Plains Metro-North Station Getting Sleek $92M Upgrade". CBS 2 New York. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
↑ Liebson, Richard (April 2, 2018). "Work underway on $92M renovation of White Plains train station". lohud. USA Today Network. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
↑ "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.

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[FOOTNOTEDunbar1915984-1] Dunbar 1915, p. 984.

[2] Carman, W.S. (December 13, 1844). "New York and Harlem Railroad Company Winter Arrangements". The New York Daily Herald. p. 3. Retrieved May 26, 2020– via Newspapers.com.

[1983dem-3] 1 2 "White Plains Train Station Slated for Wrecking Ball". The Yonkers Herald Statesmen. September 11, 1983. p. 5. Retrieved September 4, 2018.

[mta2018-4] 1 2 METRO-NORTH 2018 WEEKDAY STATION BOARDINGS. Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group:OPERATIONS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS DEPARTMENT:Metro-North Railroad. April 2019. p. 6.

[5] New York Times 2006 Metro-North commuter rail info

[6] Grogan, Louis V. (1989). The Coming of the New York and Harlem Railroad. Self-Published. p. 14. ISBN 0-962120-65-0.

[7] Feron, James (January 25, 1987). "White Plains Opens New Train Station Tomorrow". The New York Times.

[MTA-MetroNorth-ESI-2017-8] "Metro-North Railroad to Make Design Improvements to Five Stations Under Enhanced Stations Initiative Program". MTA. December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 17, 2017.

[9] "MTA Metro-North Railroad". web.mta.info. Retrieved January 31, 2021.

[MTA-CPOC-May2019-10] 1 2 "Capital Program Oversight Committee Meeting" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. May 20, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2019.

[11] Aiello, Tony (April 3, 2018). "'A Lot Of TLC': White Plains Metro-North Station Getting Sleek $92M Upgrade". CBS 2 New York. Retrieved April 6, 2018.

[12] Liebson, Richard (April 2, 2018). "Work underway on $92M renovation of White Plains train station". lohud. USA Today Network. Retrieved April 6, 2018.

[13] "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.

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